Chinese Character 决 Meanings and components.

Form

决

Meaning

决 meaning[3] in English

To Decide.

To Determine.

To Execute (Sb).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 决 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'ice' radical in … (冫) , and decisive (夬)

Its radical[1] is: 冫 (bing1) which means: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3], .冫bing1'ice' radical …

In cangjie it is written with IMDK

How to write 决

To write决jue2to decide you should write a combination of 冫bing1'ice' radical … , 夬guai4decisive arranged in a 吅 shape:

冫 + 夬 = 决

决 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 决 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 决, looks as follow:

决
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Decide . To Determine . To Execute (Sb) . (Of A Dam Etc) To Breach Or Burst . Definitely . Certainly
冫
Pinyin:bing1
Meaning[3]: 'Ice' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 15), Occurring In 冰[Bing1], 次[Ci4] Etc, Known As 兩點水|两点水[Liang3 Dian3 Shui3]
夬
Pinyin:guai4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Decisive
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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